Pe dt il : . | government, made Bis remarzs in flawless French to a meet- Fulton Admits awieas Fs Three Companies Progressive Formula Changes co. Conservatives a Geter city. Plan To Drill BBR as British Columbia | Conservative leader to return : CALGARY (CP) — Three off ee a os coy. hy oll the provinces last fall. The Que- summer on an island off the bec legislature is the only pro- Arctic Ocean coast of the Notth- prove if It provides for amendments British American Mi! Co. Lid, rise coumbia Arctic Oil Well to federal politics. vreau and tives of erate in drilling a test well this vincial legislature yet te ap- <aiak Stemadietes: of the Canadian constitution and Shell Canada Ltd say the fple whe vealy do sot understand the problem: cr have little real | interest in them Certainly when contr _— 199 ate growers > ee meetings = ier May Be Needed certainly does not create the im- pression of being vitally com- QUEBEC (CP) — Davie Ful- cerned in somethiag which ton, whose work helped bring should be the farmer's interest the Fulton-Favreau formula for and responsibility constitutional amendments into There is more to good farming ae said here changes m than straight furrows, fine live the plan may be necessary stock and good crops. The sta- He said there have. heen tus of agriculture and recogni- “lively controversies’ about tion of those involved all have athe formula not only im» Queubec relationship te the development buf across the country of policy which will promote ag-' ‘The formula can be applied riculture People who are satis- only if it is the fruit of unap- & The Guardian. Charlottetown, Thots., Jene 2. 1965. FEDERATION NEWSLETTER ACROSS THE ISLAND : Action Of Potato Growers ~— Island High School Comes As Tough Puzzle Program Is Varied =2 == At the three county meetings called to elect producer mem- By NEIL A. MATHESO! Previncial-Farm Editer suspect that a substantial num- agree with this statement we ber of rural people are no long- are nevertheless forced to the er going to be happy with voting conclusion that not only do ti for a system of education which many rural people have 4 poor appears to have little real pur- opinion of farming but also that pose other than trying te force the town people see very little bers te the Potato Board less than one hundred registered growers attented At one meet- without reference of the mat- wel] will be the first drilled in the Mackenzie River delta area. ter to the British Parliament. it also calls for unanimous pro- A VISIT to perhaps a half dozen Regional Hizh Schools left ing six growers responded and everybody, whether they are about it to admire or respect. fied to he d need not be imity.” he said vincial agreement to certain me wondering what our forefathers would say f they could come = elected twa persons.- While it qualified or not t the’ If this state of mind exists, surprised if y are trampled Mr. Fulton, whe was justice amendmenst RA ed a back long enough to see some of those well equipped buildings might be.said that it was a very channels which ead to univer- why it is so is worth consider- UP" minister im the Dhefenbaker “| recognize full well that and talk to some of the principals and teachers as I did in a eouple of trips recently t don't-know—what—my—grandparents—would think or even my parents, if they could come back for a look at the modern version of a rural regional high school, but I do know that their grandson and son was impressed. There's no more comparison he- tween those schools and the one | attended in Rose Vallev for example. than there is hetween many of the other things of my bevhood days. and the present. Without attempting to assess the educational competence of the new institutions—I found the principals as proud of thet system as most people are of the splendid buildings that house them—I was struck most forcibly, I believe. by the fact that Island high school pupils now have this educational opportun:ty available to them as close as their own gates, or the corner, or holds water. There must be at unless our educators develop a some cther spot, just up the road a bit least 50 farsighted potato grow- | better understanding of the need ers im Queens County who real- for education that will fit pes- ize that the sun doesn't always ple te cope with our most im- High School Opportunities TT’S THAT close because schoo! buzes pick up the pupils there, take them to the high school and bring them back again in the evening If any reader is not impressed hy that fact, 1t means only that he or she chrin't Ive through the days—and they're not so fer away im time—when hundreds of rural pupils never were able to go past Grade 19, because their people couldn't afford to send them to Prince of Wales College. or to St. Dunstan's high school. Now a high school education is avatlable for free. Of course nothing is free. we have to pay for it, but it Is free to the pupil who resides in a participating district so far as any immediate cash outlay is concerned T had already seen something of the facilities available ~at . the Charlottetown Rural Hich School—I ve worked there on coun selling projects and several times Tre heen in several other high schools. This time I visited and talked with the people who direct the programs in Morell. Souris, and the Evangeline High School at Abrams Village Principal Charlie Mc!saac—he comes from Westmoreland. near French's Carding Mills where we took our wool when I was a youngster—showed me around at Morell Program Seen Well Rounded 1 WAS struck bv the well rounded pregram that's available at those regional echool: \Morell won the Kings County debating the opportunity of obtaining Converted into milk. Both these 7 league last year—Mel M id. ‘Souris is president—and “we higher learting was denied Payments’ will.- come — directly —- hope to have an Island league in future.’ Mr MelIsaac said many‘of our people. There were from the Government. They've won the Provincial Senior B basketball title at Morell for two years, | believe, and ‘some of our best. students are on our baskethal!l team’, reported the principal. who is sold on the allaround approach to a voungster’s education T know there are people who oppose the idea of physical education heinc taught in schools Its natural for a farmer, or someone else who works hard physically. to discount the value of phvsical- education exercise._because he finds it difficult to get enough physical energy to last through his day. That re- action I can understand. I was born and raised on a farm 1 was taking a man's place when | was still a mere. stripling In vears But later in life | came te appreciate the value of physical education properly taucht Tt builds physiques and strengthens muscles that do not cet proper development on a farm or at other abor. and my farming was done in the days when almost everything was done by manpower. and horse power. and I don’t meer the horsepower that comes in tractors or electric motors T believe thev're looking forward to adding a course in agriculture at Souns next fall Commerfial courses. home economic: and classes in fam iw lwing, preparation of fond, selection of suitable clothing are some of the other useful skills and aptitudes that are being developed in some of those schools At Souris. for example. Mother St. Augusta has her master’s degree in fam- Ny living education and her bachelor’s degree in fond science Adequate library space is ‘provided and in several schools this develonment is well underway Not surprisingly some people oppose what thev call “those mily mav have made formaliz- starved spinster Rewfancled ideas” Thev contrast them unfavorably with r ‘ e what our parents called ‘the three R's” but Principal Albert ed education for azriculture of RESPONSIBILITY : Fegerte at Sours is anid on the value of this type of train- ing . Guidance Counselling Coming NEXT VEAR he hones to add a full time guidance coun- Sellor Specia! attention is planned for the graduating class 4 few days aco M F (Matt) Hacer told me that he jis dome guidance counselline already for the students attending the Charlottetown Regional High School It thrilled me tn hear of this development. for I recall distinctly the tremendous need we felt hack more than W years ago when students entering university needed advice of that land so desperately But there jst wasn't any such® counselling available ther. No hodv was interetted ennuch tn provide it : 1} was a particular pleasure to meet an ald Prince af Wales classmate. Jint Murphy, at Kensington where he is principal of the recinnal hich echool The value of milk is stressed at the Kensington school and Principal Murphy told me he does not allow soft drink vending machines in the building There is some talk, I understand, of extending the milk program next year ° Miness disrupted the teachins 1 didn't feel hke talong wsually busy Principal Earl Jelly did the honors at O'Leary where he was one of the men involved in backing the first effort in the province to develop a regional high school, he told me Evange line was the first district to get inte operation The problem of winter read travel was one of the arcuments used bv those who feared the regional schoo! idea wonldn't work But Mr Jellv told me. for example, thev Inst only three teaching davs at O'Leary last winter It was one of the better ones for blighway travel, but even the worst winters since the r schoo! system was established did not offer insurmountable problems Evangeline Students Are Bilingual AT EVANGELINE I met and actually talked with the stud- in several classes I was happy to learn the school is The student: write essays in both Eng- Sister Marie Jeanne d’Arc, told staff the daw | called and much of Jims hme for he was un ents completely bilingua! ish and French, the principal There were classes fo retarded children in ome o two °Kensington, 0 Leary © busy time of the vear this is really just an excuse, real inter- est.would have ensured better attendance It has been stated that the growers do not under- stand the board or what it is try- ing to do, this also we cap hard- ly accept as an occasion can be recalled when thousands of growers turned up at a meeting in the Forum when potato board policies were. an issue. The third reason that potato prices are high also hardly shine In so far as the producer re presentatives are concerned the Potato Board is legally consti- tuted, it has wide authority and while it can rule it really doesn't have the consent of the governed. When a 100 persons vote out of a possible 5,000 then we must admit that democracy is operating in default the members of the board have been elecied or Ve- aad we extend congratula- tions, the winning of any elec- tien always carried with it cervadairvmen ‘we have come to the tain honor and credit There has been and will continue to be real opportunities for the board to serve the industry. However, we must again confess to being ivery puzzled at this juncture and to wondering just what is really going on in the minds of potate growers. EDUCATION For many vears.m our history a number of reasons, poor schools, lack of finances, and lack of understanding of the va- jue of education The result was that many people who had a “munimutn of education tended to downgrade ‘book learning’ and held__in_contempt the accom- plishment of bookish people. ’ The men who felled the forests, cleared the land and sailed the seas prided themselves on their physica! ability and their capac- ity to deal with the forces of na- ture. For 150 years farm people have paid taxes for education but in very few cases have they heen. concerned with the fact that practically none of this money was ever spent to edu- cate people for farming and in the way of life which produced - Most of our wealth For many vears the economic situation. the type of farming and the reauirements of the fa- minor importance. Now howev- er..we have come to a. stuation agriculturally which demands more in the way of farm educa- hon, husiness capacity, plan- ning ard management skills We CONTACT— 51 Grafton St. of tremendous AVAILABLE NOW Furnished Overnite Rooms Also available by the week or month. Overnight 2.50. Reasonable rates avail- able for longer periods. Meals available. DOWS RESTAURANT sity. ‘ing. Is the farmer himself re- The university, is of meetin sponsible partly because he has delegated or just left to other portance — the life of a nation but it net people the responsibility for or- for all. in fact 1t may not be for) ganizing and planning in agri- more than 25 percent of the pop- culture. ulation even under the best circumstances. Would it not ap- pear to be reasonable and just that the professional educitte* ~~ percent? Would it not also - ap- pear reasonable to suggest portant occupation then they are failing and, in addition, are jegp pardizing the economic future of © the province To summarize, the situation and justice all appear to add up. to-a reasonable demand. that resources must he found both financially and educationally te develop a meaningful system of education for the young people who will man the farms at this province= 3 = CHURNING CREAM After talking to a number of ea . conclusion that there are cream shippers who do not know that they will be treated en Govern- ment payments in the same way as the shippers of milk. They will receive the same de- ficiency payment calculated on the basis of butterfat converted © into milk and will also receive / the lump sum payme st bas- ed on and adjusted to cream For cream shippers payments from the plant will be on the ba- sis of 64 cent butter. IMPROVEMENT cif Our last’ newsletter pointed out the need of moisture, it did come during the week but the thermometer _ still continued in its frigid state. Frost last Thurs- day morning and 4 degree temperatures ar been com- mon It now appears that we will enter the month of June with practically no leaves on the trees. Without qualifying as a real pessimist may we point out that the leaves which haven't © yet appeared will start falling | in less than four months time. These two facts seem to suggest that there is a great deal to be said for the steady beauty of the coniferous tree which while it doesn’t produce riotous beau- ty at any time does not for eight months of the vear resemble the en holidays or travel. its fine crease retention. olar and tall men... im many cases toa peo- r SY PON BO AEE. Re comfortable threngh summer heat, Popular 3 button single breasted stvie, trousers with plain front and helt loops. Modern subdued patterns in Greys, Blues, Browns. Blacks. 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Value Sehools-Sourts was one of them—with a specially trained teacher So the effort is to serve every need that develops, im wo far as i= mosctihbie I'll go alone with those whe complain that ton much money was spent on some of the buinidimgs I'm old enough to feel that seme of the modern grandeur goes a bit farther than is necessary But I'm happy to see the improvement in the facilities for education. and in the provision of more easily available hich schoo! instruction The establishment of the regional high school svstem means no how or girt is robbed of a high school opportunity because it costs tan much I know that the parents. indeed all of the taxpayers, are paying for it, My ovr schoo! taxes at Southport. for example, are slightly more than twelve and one-half times as great as Arriving Daily Special Prices for Groups or Lobster Suppers FRIDAY FISH SPECIALS Spert Coats for the same lew price of . . « Reg. to $39 4% IMPORTED ENGLISH WOOLS they were when I moved tn the district just 2) years age ® fresh haddock fillets ® salmon nylon slee ‘is con That doesn’t mean that taxes have increased that much. for — there have been addifion: and improvments tw our property. @ fresh haddock ® holibut Open a Convenient beige and ton. . . 2 three sut the tax imcrease“has heen creat © star watlue, regular 35.00. Our family is now bevond the district and regional high mackerel Credit Account Now only... school stage, but we're not kicking about the cost. So long as educational opportunities are being improved, and progress ‘s being made towards the coal of equal educational opper- unity for all, Tl go alone with the development. There's ne comparison between today's facilities and the ones my gener ation experienced My thanks to Supervisor Wiisor Ross whe arranged fer’ he tour of regional schools—sorry | couldn! have seen more ‘sao co-operation made my experience so enjoyable IN NO DANGER HONG KONG (AP)—Chinese Communist party chairman Mao Tse-tung.i@ in a secluded commer resort, devoting much “ hit time to writing, says 8 cre - Communist businessman. 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